MSC.533(107)-Amendmentstothe1978SOLASProtocol

MSC 107/20/Add.1Annex 3,page 1ANNEX 3RESOLUTION MSC.533(107)(adopted on 8 June 2023)AMENDMENTS TO THE PROTOCOL OF 1978 RELATING TO THEINTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA,1974THE MARITIME SAFETY COMMITTEERECALLING Article 28(b)of the Convention on the International Maritime Organizationconcerning the functions of the Committee.RECALLING ALSO article VIll(b)of the International Convention for the Safety of Life atSea,1974 ("the Convention")and article ll of the Protocol of 1978 relating to the Convention("the 1978 SOLAS Protocol")conceming the procedure for amending the 1978 SOLAS Protocol,HAVING CONSIDERED,at its 107th session,amendments to the 1978 SOLAS Protocolproposed and circulated in accordance with article Vill(b)(i)of the Convention and article ll ofthe 1978 SOLAS Protocol,1ADOPTS,in accordance with article VIll(b)(iv)of the Convention and article ll ofthe 1978 SOLAS Protocol,amendments to the appendix to the annex to the 1978 SOLASProtocol,the text of which is set out in the annex to the present resolution;2DETERMINES,in accordance with article VIll(b)(vi)(2)(bb)of the Convention andarticle ll of the 1978 SOLAS Protocol,that the said amendments shall be deemed to have beenaccepted on 1 July 2025,unless,prior to that date,more than one third of the Parties tothe 1978 SOLAS Protocol or Parties.the combined merchant fleets of which constitute not lessthan 50%of the gross tonnage of the world's merchant fleet,have notified theSecretary-General of their objections to the amendments;INVITES the Parties concerned to note that,in accordance with article VIll(b)(vii)(2)of the Convention and article ll of the 1978 SOLAS Protocol,the amendments shall enter intoforce on 1 January 2026 upon their acceptance in accordance with paragraph 2 above;4REQUESTS the Secretary-General,for the purposes of article VIll(b)(v)of theConvention and article ll of the 1978 SOLAS Protocol,to transmit certified copies of the presentresolution and the text of the amendments contained in the annex to all Parties to the 1978SOLAS Protocol;5ALSO REQUESTS the Secretary-General to transmit copies of this resolution and itsannex to Members of the Organization which are not Parties to the 1978 SOLAS Protocol.I:MSC107MSC 107/20/Add.1.docx